James 'Jim' Wren, a former Japanese prisoner of war, was the country's oldest Royal Marine veteran.

Sandy Calder was born in Aberdeen in 1926 and saw service in Burma against the Japanese forces.

A church service saw Royal Marines servicemen pay tribute to a veteran who was one of the first to fight the Japanese in the Second World War.

A Second World War veteran living in a Southport care home has been inundated with more than 1,500 birthday cards from across the globe after a social media campaign to mark his centenary went viral.

A church service saw Royal Marines servicemen pay tribute to a veteran who was one of the first to fight the Japanese in the Second World War. | ITV News Meridian ...